Comment 233 for bug 11334

I've been watching the comments carefully over the past few days and we seem to be falling into the same traps previous comments already have mentioned but we can't do:

1. It's already spec'd out on a per application basis on how to properly implement it on linux.
-this spec has been around for years and we only have a few applications that follow it
-the reason why most linux developers don't follow it is because they don't like it
-when they develop versions of their software on windows or mac os x, they don't need to jump through these extra hoops to get it working with the clipboard
-so because they don't have to do it in windows and mac os x, they feel they shouldn't have to on linux either
-remember developers are inherently lazy and anything that makes it easier to work with your platform, they will use
-this implementation makes it harder to work with linux and they clearly don't like the spec
2. We got a clipboard manager already, just install that
-this is a bandaid solution
-only works with text
-not installed by default
-there must be one developed for each DE and its the equivalent of reinventing the wheel over and over which seems to occur in open source quite often I notice
3. Implement and fix it on Xorg itself
-this is the right solution as it's where the clipboard exists
-won't need multiple versions for each DE out there as each DE would immediately get it
-needs to be spec'd out as it's only an idea right now
-reasons why old school linux developers won't implement it and a new generation of linux developers will have to work on it:
http://elliotth.blogspot.com/2008/08/desktop-linux-suckage-clipboard.html